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Barcode30053003754663
Home LocationParis-Bourbon
Call No199 DISC
Title Discourses of the elders : the Aztec Huehuetlatolli : a first English translation / collected by Friar Andrâes de Olmos circa 1535 with supplemental text ; introduction and translated by Sebastian Purcell.
CollectionAdult 100-199
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 Paris-Bourbon30053003754663199 DISC9/29/2023 Available

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Title Statement Discourses of the elders : the Aztec Huehuetlatolli : a first English translation / collected by Friar Andrâes de Olmos circa 1535 with supplemental text ; introduction and translated by Sebastian Purcell.
Edition Statement First edition.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice New York, NY : W.W. Norton and Company, [2023]
Physical Description lix, 164 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Content Type text rdacontent
Media Type unmediated rdamedia
Carrier Type volume rdacarrier
Summary, Etc. "Novel in its form, the Discourses consists of short conversations between elders and young people on how to achieve a meaningful and morally sound life. The Aztecs had a metaphysical tradition but no concept of "being." They considered the mind an embodied force, present not just in the brain but throughout the body. Their core values relied on collective responsibility and group wisdom, not individual thought and action, orienting life around one's actions in this realm rather than an afterlife, distinctly opposed to the Christian beliefs that permeate Europe and America"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Aztec philosophy.
Added Entry, Personal Name Purcell, Sebastian, translator.

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